Mairimashita! Iruma-kun: If Episode of Mafia - Ch. 19 - Welcome Home

[Cats-dogs21]

The pervert in glasses is Yakuza?!

Yes.

 

[Cats-dogs21]

Is that AU Kirio??

Yes.

 

[Cats-dogs21]

I say this about the other members of the Babel mafia, except for Iruma; Clara; Ameri maybe Opera and with Kalego, about Azz-kun, second chances are hard to come by.


And Kiriwo makes an appearance, and the tattoo that Kiriwo has on her back reminded me of the tattoos in the yakuza/yakuza 0 game series.


Also the guy Kiriwo talks to in the last pages would be the one that in the main manga series Kiriwo met in the Oroboros prison.


Also in the main manga series Oroboros would be a prison, but in the Iruma If mafia manga series what exactly would Oroboros actually be?

 

[NUGR4H4]

Damn... the author cooked, this chapter is delicious.

 

[alacaelum]

The pervert makes his appearance.

 

[dcm1302]

Oh man, not the twink. I wanted to see the rest of the misfits

 

[Ratentaisou]

I find that I like this spinoff a lot because I have the main manga to compare it to, so there's the excitement of "how will Hiroja spin [canon thing] into the Mafia AU?" than I have the excitement of what new thing comes up next.

So my hot take is that this spinoff isn't any better than the main manga, it's only as good as it is, because it's building off what the main manga establishes, like the personalities of the characters, or the factions and such.

Yeah everyone kept saying that the spin-off is better than the original or w/e when:

1. That's just not true at all when it's building off of the blocks from the original manga.
2. They only say that because the spin-off, by nature, needs to be much more fast-paced compared to the original manga, especially since the former is a monthly release while the latter is a weekly. Original Iruma-kun manga has a much slower pace and takes its time since its a school life manga, so it can afford the privilege of having the character moments be slowly realized.
   We can see this clearly by how every single time Osamu Nishi-sensei wrote great character moments in the main series, the mangadex comment section explodes.
   1. Chapter 168: 601 comments
   2. Chapter 180: 1017 comments
   3. Chapter 194: 1210 comments

Saying that this series is "better" than the main series is a massive disservice to Nishi-sensei's work.

 

[andrake]

Yeah everyone kept saying that the spin-off is better than the original or w/e when:

1. That's just not true at all when it's building off of the blocks from the original manga.
2. They only say that because the spin-off, by nature, needs to be much more fast-paced compared to the original manga, especially since the former is a monthly release while the latter is a weekly. Original Iruma-kun manga has a much slower pace and takes its time since its a school life manga, so it can afford the privilege of having the character moments be slowly realized.
   We can see this clearly by how every single time Osamu Nishi-sensei wrote great character moments in the main series, the mangadex comment section explodes.
   1. Chapter 168: 601 comments
   2. Chapter 180: 1017 comments
   3. Chapter 194: 1210 comments

Saying that this series is "better" than the main series is a massive disservice to Nishi-sensei's work.

Maybe people are enjoying this a lot because the payoff climax of each arc/storyline is more regular, because of the pace as you've said.

It has the luxury of skipping a lot of "slow" parts because people don't need to spend as much time being endeared to characters most readers already know from the main manga. I don't think people would be easily as endeared to say, Opera or Alice for example if they didn't already know the outcome of their personalities.

 

[Ratentaisou]

Maybe people are enjoying this a lot because the payoff climax of each arc/storyline is more regular, because of the pace as you've said.

It has the luxury of skipping a lot of "slow" parts because people don't need to spend as much time being endeared to characters most readers already know from the main manga. I don't think people would be easily as endeared to say, Opera or Alice for example if they didn't already know the outcome of their personalities.

Yeah I get why people would feel compelled to currently say that they enjoy the spin-off more because of these things, it's just that I'm real tired of people not being able to tell that their current enjoyment is built off of the foundation that the original manga set.

 

[kirantine]

I think it's normal if some people enjoy this one more vs original canon, different tastes and all.

But is this manga objectively better? I wouldn't agree so easily because as one commenter said, I think most of our enjoyment is because we have the original to compare to. I'm not sure if I'd react the same if this came out first— if:au fits more of early 2010's male mc dark shoujo titles which unfortunately imo, hasn't been as popular as it was...

Anyways— I wonder if Kirio/Kiriwo knew Iruma before he came into Babel or after? Or before Iruma became a boss or after? I wonder if he'll be a major opponent here like in canon or maybe a little different.

I still don't understand what's up with Ifrit tho, so he works for the police... right?!

 

[failsrus1996]

I love that Azz is basically (intentionally or not) making himself a rival to Opera and Ameri to be Iruma's right hand man.

 

[ayka06]

fr this Asmodeus is scary..
like uhh.. now that's he's human at least
yeah I know that this is fiction, an AU even.. plus the mafia setting yeah..

but idk lmaoo..
he is scary.. but scary good..
like yabai scaryyy.. idk

idek what I'm talking about..
it's 3AM lol, I think I have to sleep on this, then revisit when I'm all rested lol..

but this Asmodeus really scares me,
in a good way but also in a worried way, idk
Gudnyt ✨ 💤

 

[morichiro]

Is it Kirio... or a trap?
That blushing guy left me wondering...
Btw... So nice seeing Opera being closer to Iruma and the group

 

[Sakidornis]

Careful Alice, there’s a simp demon shining through your shell…

 

[Hitomi_Higurashi]

YO KIRIO'S DESIGN IS SICK!!??

 

[tetevmin]

PAUSE PAUSE IM SCREAMING IM CYRING IM EXPLODING OHHH AZZIRU OHHH KIRIIRU OHHH WE ARE SO BACK ?!??!?

 

[yourlocalfemboysfine]

LOOKS LIKE YAOIS BACK ON THE MENU!!!

 

[MelReinH]

lets go! The core rival/antagonist to Iruma finally arrives!

 

[BlueyandBingo]

Is that the fliping blue spider lily

 

[Swagner]

I find myself enjoying this AU more and more than the original, and I feel like it mostly comes down to the mangaka being bolder and more aggressive with the cast, pushing certain character traits to the front and making the cast shine more.

I think the reason they can do that is because the original has taken the time to develop the characters' personalities so well in the first place, so the AU can "skip to the good stuff".